Anthanassa
| Anthanassa | |
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| Ardys Crescent (Anthanassa ardys) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| Genus: | Anthanassa Scudder, 1875 |
| Synonyms | |
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Tritanassa Forbes, 1945 | |
Anthanassa is a genus of South American butterflies of the Nymphalidae family found from the USA to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of Phyciodes.[1]
Species
- Anthanassa acesas (Hewitson, 1864)
- Anthanassa annulata Higgins, 1981
- Anthanassa ardys (Hewitson, 1864) – Ardys Crescent, Ardent Crescent
- Anthanassa argentea (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – Chestnut Crescent
- Anthanassa atronia (Bates, 1866) – Brown Crescent
- Anthanassa crithona (Salvin, 1871)– Crithona Crescent
- Anthanassa drusilla (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Orange-patched Crescent
- Anthanassa dracaena (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Notched Crescent
- Anthanassa drymaea (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – Weak-banded Crescent
- Anthanassa frisia (Poey, 1832) – Cuban Crescentspot, Cuban Crescent
- Anthanassa frisia tulcis (H.W. Bates, 1864) – Pale-banded Crescent
- Anthanassa nebulosa (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – Blurry Crescent
- Anthanassa otanes (Hewitson, 1864) – Otanes Crescent, Cloud-forest Crescent
- Anthanassa ptolyca (Bates, 1864) – Black Crescent
- Anthanassa sitalces (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – Montane Crescent, Pine Crescent
- Anthanassa sosis (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
- Anthanassa texana (Edwards, 1863) – Texan Crescent
References
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- 1 2 Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America Sunstreak Books, pp.89-91.
- ↑ Anthanassa funet.fi
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